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Stuffing the Goose

Stuffing the Goose is a technical education term. What it refers to is two situations. First, it means adding as much or more content as you can. You don’t want to leave anything out. When you review the design, everyone wants to add things until you have no time to actually work on anything.

Second, it happens when you bring people in for something like three days. The thinking is, “since we have you here, let’s cover everything.” How can we put two weeks of content into one week?

This is a natural tendency. It’s hard to fight. But some of the worst education and training has been stuffed. So focus on your objectives and tell others to stop stuffing the goose.

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